Where to Watch In Search of Famine (1981) in the UK

What it's about

7 September, 1980. A film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943. It was a man made famine, a side- product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy of those millions who died of starvation. The film documents the convivial life among the film crew and the hazards, problems and tension of film making on location. The actors live a double life, and the villagers, both simple and not-so-simple folk watch their work with wonder and suspicion. But as the film progresses, the recreated past begins to confront the present. The uneasy coexistence of 1943 and 1980 reveals bizarre connection, involving a village woman whose visions add a further dimension of time-that of future. A disturbing situation, indeed, for the "famine-seekers"!

Cast and crew

Director

Mrinal Sen

Writer

Amalendu Chakraborty, Mrinal Sen

Starring

Satya Banerjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee

Details

Release date

Jan 7, 1981

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Awards

5 wins & 2 nominations

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